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This collection contains a typescript copy of John Galen Carter's diary and notes. The diary details Carter's 1909 trip to Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Canada describing Harlem, Fort Belknap, Zortman, Landusky, Helena, Glacier National Park, Spokane, Lake Louise, Banff, etc; his 1909-1910 trip to Cuba and Panama; his 1910 trip to Western Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia; his 1924 trip to Montana to negotiate with the Flathead Indians; and his 1926 trip to Montana's Rocky Boy Reservation and Browning, and to Washington and Idaho to take testimony from Blackfeet, Gros Ventre, and Nez Percé Indians concerning a claim against the government. In addition, there are notes taken by Carter during the years 1906 through 1909 at Sun Dance ceremonies of the Gros Ventre, Cree, and Assiniboine Indians at Helena and Fort Belknap Reservation, in Montana.